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Gathungu's special audit lays bare 'theft' of capitation funds to schools

MPs express outrage and demand answers from Ministry of Education

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by LUKE AWICH

News16 July 2025 - 04:59
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Auditor General Nancy Gathungu before the Senate’s County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee on September 4 last year /ENOS TECHE

A special audit has lifted the lid on the rot in the government’s schools capitation programme, unearthing a well-orchestrated high-level scheme to swindle taxpayers.

The interim special report exposes a deeply compromised system riddled with ghost schools, inflated enrolments, and institutions sharing bank accounts.

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